Power outages linger in Michigan, Maine

Some residents might be stuck in dark until Wednesday

8:15 PM,
Dec. 28, 2013

John Johnson of East Lansing, Mich., works to hook up a generator he borrowed from a neighbor to heat his house Friday. As of Friday morning, Johnson had been without power since Sunday because of an ice storm.

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Doug Stanglin
| USA Today

Nagging power outages plaguing pockets of Michigan and Maine on Saturday for a sixth day will likely continue into this week for hundreds of residents, according to local power utilities.

In Michigan, roughly 30,000 Consumers Energy customers remained without power, down from 399,000 since a weekend ice storm swept across the state. The worst-hit area continued to be around Lansing, where 3,000 customers were still in the dark Saturday morning.

Lansing Board of Water and Light, which is city-owned, said most customers should be back online by late Sunday, although a few scattered homes ...